Abstract: An exercise apparatus having a frame including a base, a plurality of support members extending upward from the base, a slide board carrying member carried by a first group of the plurality of support members, and a platform carrying member carried by a second group of the plurality of support members. A slide board is carried by the slide board carrying member and generally resides in a plane which is angled with respect to horizontal while a platform is carried by the platform carrying member and generally resides in a plane which is parallel with respect to horizontal. A pair of channels between which said slide board is generally disposed is provided for use in carrying a reciprocable shuttle. A plurality of upwardly extending poles is also provided which are preferably adapted to be removably mated with a corresponding number of said plurality of support members.

Abstract: A bed sheet which includes an elastic band sewn to the periphery of the sheet. A drawstring fitted inside the band allows the sheet to be drawn tight about mattresses of varying sizes and shapes.